Defined by grace and mercy
A sermon for Easter Day from Christ Church, Glendale, OH. “My friends in Christ, our world is defined by grace and mercy. That is the Good News of this Easter Day.”
Author: Scott Gunn
Look both ways this Lent
Lent is a good time for us to remember that Jesus tells us to stop and look…at our own hearts. As the sign says, we need to look both ways.
The Epiphany Proclamation 2023
In an annual tradition, here is the customary Epiphany Proclamation, to be read out at services on the Feast of the Epiphany and shared with the faithful.
Eating the Word of God
A meditation on the collect for Proper 28, which sets before us the purpose and beauty of scripture. This reflection is from a set of meditations I gave at a retreat at Calvary, Pittsburgh some years ago.
Lessons from a crisis
Reflecting on my health crisis of last summer, I realized I learned quite a few practical lessons. In case it’s helpful to others, I’ve shared a bit of my story and lessons learned.
Of preservation and blessings
Every day I pray the General Thanksgiving twice, once each at morning prayer and evening prayer. Very recently, I’ve been praying one line with particular fervor: “We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life…”
Committee 11: Evangelism & Church Planting
The main series of “And also with blue” concludes with this guest blogger’s commentary on the resolutions dealing with evangelism and church planting.
Committee 12: Liturgy II (Calendar resolutions)
“And also with blue” looks at all the liturgy resolutions dealing with the calendar of the church, including both new liturgical resources and changes to our calendar of commemorations.
Committee 12: Liturgy I (Everything but calendar)
This post considers the non-calendar material from the prayer book, liturgy, and music committee. In addition to important updates to the Book of Occasional Services, there are are various proposed tweaks and some new material.
Committee 16: Churchwide leadership
The resolutions in the churchwide leadership committee’s brief don’t all deal with leadership per se. Perhaps a more fitting name would have been churchwide leadership & sundries.
Committee 2: Constitution & Canons
A mysterious guest blogger takes us on a tour of the many resolutions to be considered by the Constitution & Canons committee.
Committee 4: Governance & Structure
We continue to blast through the resolutions for the 80th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Today’s batch consists of resolutions about church governance and structure.